Maika Monroe Quotes
I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.
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My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
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I have a lot of road rage. Mostly with the rickshaw and cab drivers trying to cut me; it's the traffic. Grrrr!
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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Many fans were surprised when they learned that the little girl in drama 'Stairway To Heaven' was me.
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My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.
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I'm a dad and a husband, and so the things that I love to do are all geared around my family.
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New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.
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My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.
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It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the early church leaders thought this was great and spoke of what seems to have been circle dancing, perhaps around an altar.
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My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs.
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When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters, the scope of people recognizing you gets a little wider.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.
